On 06/12/11 at 02:45am, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> This is a bit strange:
> 
> gcj-4.6-jre-lib 4.6.0-4 has the following dependencies:
> 
> Depends: gcj-4.6-base (>= 4.6.0-12), libgcj12 (>= 4.6.0-12)
> 
> However gcj-4.6-jre-lib, gcj-4.6-base and libgcj12 all have the same
> source gcj-4.6. So, I wonder whether the above makes sense 

Why not? Are you suggesting that sharing a source package means they shouldn't
depend on each other? This is a common occurrence.

> (currently  gcj-4.6-jre-lib is uninstallable because all the available
> versions  are 4.6.0-4). 

If there's a bug with dependencies, file a ticket. Unless you're in testing.

> Can a binary package have a different version from the  corresponding source
> package version?

The fields don't have to match, but the versions will never (AFAIK) differ.

-- 
Liam

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